Network Computing is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Charles Stevens, Corporate VP, Enterprise Storage Division, Microsoft Corp.: Page 5 of 16

[Ed. note: Companies reselling Mirosoft Windows Server 2003 include Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), and IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), among others.]

Byte and Switch: How's the product doing in the market?

Stevens: It's grown very nicely, grown in market share... The latest numbers were 40 percent of market share in the NAS space.

[Ed. note: Recent research confirms Stevens's observations. In June 2003, IDC reported that Microsoft had 41 percent NAS market share, according to the number of units shipped. And a November 2003 report from Byte and Switch Insider says Microsoft's momentum is expected to continue at the low end of the NAS market.]

Byte and Switch: Who are your leading partners? What about Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and IBM?